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Old Jun 7, 2015 | 5:12 am
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Originally Posted by atmorris
Looking back through my flights which where 2 digit flight numbers the Amadeus System, has added an extra 0 (or 2) to those flights <3 digits.

A few airports also make all flight numbers 4 digits...

I have a feeling its intentional for BA to make all flights 4 digit numbers... and does adding an extra 0 make any real difference
Yes the software BA use called Pegasus which is Amadeus based shows the flight numbers with zeroes. It would also mean that on a printed document that you would be sure of the flight number being correct rather than wondering whether the printer had correctly printed the flight number.
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